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Dear Lucy,
In your last letter, your asked me how to love to your parents. Here is my advice.
※Make a picture for them. Whether with pencils or paints, it will be a treasure(财富) to them forever.
※Write a letter to them. Take your time to put your thoughts in it .
※keep your room clean! Though it’s a kind of the chore, it shows mom and dad that care.
※Cook them a dinner! It can be some rice , some cheese or some hot dogs; it can give them a break.
※tell them that you love them very often. Your love can make them feel warm and proud.
※Never tell a lie(谎言) to them. Probably the biggest way to show them you love them is, never to lie. This shows them that you not only love them, but also believe in and respect(尊重) them.
※Create time to be with them. Watch a film with your mom once in a while, or go to a sports match with your dad once in a while just to show them how much you care and want to close with them.
※If you do something wrong, apologize(道歉) and explain it! They will know you are sorry. You could do something for them to show you want to make it up to them. Just saying sorry can really show how much you love them.
Yours ,
Agony Aunt
The underlined word “it” refers to “__________”

A．the picture	B．the letter
C．the room	D．the treasure

_________ can give your parents a break.

A．Studying for a test

B．Drawing a picture

C．Cooking a dinner

D．Telling your love to your parents

What’s the best way to show your love to your parents?

A．Believe in them	B．Respecting them
C．Making friends with them	D．Never telling a lie

Watching a film with your mom can ___________

A．show you want to be close with her

B．make her feel proud

C．cost her a lot of money

D．make both of you healthy

Please apologize to your parents if you _________.

A．don’t love them

B．go to a sports match with your dad

C．do a wrong event

D．say you are sorry to them

Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don't have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.
Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,159 hours a year. That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year than a French worker.
Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don't pay overtime. Their workers don't get more pay for more work. Some people think it's their duty to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don't work more hours.
Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain, there is a saying, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull (迟钝的) boy." If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.
A Japanese worker works __ more hours a year than a French one.

A．513	B．1,646
C．2,159	D．3,805

The word "extra" in Paragraph 3 means ".

A．正常的

B．额外的

C．有用的

D．少量的

People in ________ get only two weeks of paid vacation a year.

A．France	B．Germany
C．the United States	D．Great Britain

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．No companies offer vacations to their workers.

B．Many people say they have enough time to relax.

C．Not all companies pay their workers for more work.

D．More than half of workers use all their vacation days.

What can we infer from the passage?

A．Many workers have to work long hours.

B．Many people have vacations long enough.

C．Work hours are the same around the world.

D．There are a lot of dull people in the world.

According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (疾病控制中心), if you don’t often wash your hands, you can pick up viruses (病毒)from many places and make yourself ill. You’re at risk every time you touch your eyes, nose or mouth. In fact, one of the most common ways people catch colds is by rubbing their noses or their eyes when there are cold viruses on their hands. If you don’t often wash yours hands, specially when you’re sick, you may spread the viruses directly to others. You should wash your hands in the following situations:
After using the bathroom
After blowing your nose or coughing
Before eating, serving or preparing food
After touching pets or other animals
After visiting anyone who is sick
When your hands are dirty
There is a right way to wash your hands. Follow these simple steps to keep your hands clean.
Use warm water (not cold or hot)
Wash for 15 seconds
Rinse (冲洗) well under warm water and dry them with a clean towel.
Information Card

Way to protect against the spread of illness	____________________________
Correct way to wash your hands	Use running water which is ______
Situations in which you must wash your hands	After using the _______________ Before having food After visiting ________________
Time needed to wash your hands	___________________________

Here in Siberia (西伯利亚), the winter is always very long and it’s very, very cold! It starts to snow in November and the snow won’t leave until May. The temperature is usually about -25℃, but it’s sometimes much colder. When it’s -35℃, children can’t go to school, but grown-ups still go to work! We wear a lot of warm clothes: socks and boots, sweaters and fur coats. All the houses have heating, so it’s never cold inside. In winter, we close the windows to stop the wind from getting in, and we don’t open them again until spring.
In spring and summer it rains a lot, and we don’t often see the sun. In summer it’s often about 25℃, but the weather is very changeable. One day it’s 25℃, and the next day it’s 10℃. People say that the weather was even colder in the past.
How long is Siberia’s snowy time?
What are used in Siberia to keep the people and houses warm?
Do children go to school when it’s -35℃ in winter?
What’s the weather like in spring?
How does the weather in Siberia often change in summer?

How dangerous it would be if there was a fire! Today is in winter. It’s time for us to learn a lot more about fire, especially what to do if we are caught in a fire:
1. Shout out
If you smell smoke or see fire, shout out “Fire!” Shout as loudly as you can, because people may be asleep.
2. Call 119
Never try to put the fire yourself, even if it is a very small one! Get help from your parents or call 119.
3. Keep down close to the floor
If there is a lot of smoke in your room, keep down close to the floor.
4. Test the door
Test the door before you open it. If the door is cool, open it carefully. If the door is hot, do not open it! Try to find a different way out.
5. Get out
If you can, get out of your home as soon as possible.
6. Don’t use the lift
Never use the lift during the fire. It may also go wrong.
7. Don’t go back
Never go back into a burning building!
The passage is mainly about _____

A．how to look after yourself when you are on fire

B．what to do when you are caught in a fire

C．when to leave the burning place

D．why to call 119 when there is a fire

When people are asleep, what will you do when a fire breaks out in your building?

A．Call 120 for help as quickly as you can

B．Only wake your parents up fast

C．Shout out “Fire!” as loudly as you can

D．Run away as fast as you can and don’t call others

Why shouldn’t you use the lift when a fire breaks out?

A．Because taking the lift is so slow

B．Because the fire can burn you

C．Because the lift is too crowded

D．Because the lift may not work

When a fire is burning, you test the door to ____

A．find a better way out

B．notice the fire clearly

C．call for a much quicker help

D．see if it is close

If you realize you have left an expensive thing at home in a fire, you should

A．not go back for it

B．keep down close to the door

C．not get out

D．get it back

A．Class 9, Grade 7	B．Class 7, Grade 9
C．Class 4, Grade 7	D．Class 9, Grade 9

A．the school playground	B．the Red Star Cinema
C．Longtan Zoo	D．the Lost and Found

A．watch a basketball match	B．watch a movie
C．watch the dolphin show	D．come to the Lost and Found